MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F013.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F013.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 13 hour NAM valid 1Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.43,-83.91 Latitude: 42.43 Longitude: -83.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 51 SFC 975 272 18.5 17.7 95 0.8 18.0 198 12 293.8 296.2 292.2 331.5 13.22 2 950 490 16.7 15.3 92 1.4 15.8 206 27 294.1 296.2 290.9 327.2 11.57 3 900 952 16.9 15.1 89 1.8 15.7 209 20 298.9 301.1 292.9 334.2 12.09 4 850 1438 13.9 11.7 87 2.1 12.6 224 17 300.7 302.6 291.9 330.9 10.24 5 800 1947 10.5 7.0 79 3.5 8.5 227 19 302.3 303.8 290.5 325.8 7.88 6 750 2482 7.1 3.6 78 3.5 5.1 234 22 304.2 305.5 290.0 324.1 6.60 7 700 3045 2.4 0.1 85 2.3 1.3 238 26 305.2 306.2 289.3 322.0 5.51 8 650 3641 0.4 -1.3 89 1.7 -0.4 231 29 309.4 310.4 290.6 326.0 5.36 9 600 4281 -3.2 -4.7 89 1.5 -3.9 223 27 312.4 313.2 290.7 326.6 4.49 10 550 4966 -7.0 -7.9 94 0.9 -7.4 218 30 315.8 316.5 291.2 328.2 3.85 11 500 5701 -11.8 -12.3 96 0.5 -12.0 215 34 318.6 319.2 291.3 328.4 2.98 12 450 6501 -16.8 -16.9 99 0.1 -16.9 211 33 322.1 322.5 291.6 329.7 2.26 13 400 7375 -22.6 -22.7 99 0.1 -22.7 214 36 325.6 325.9 292.0 331.0 1.54 14 350 8342 -29.2 -30.7 87 1.5 -29.5 216 38 329.4 329.6 292.4 332.5 0.85 15 300 9424 -38.0 -40.8 74 2.9 -38.2 220 49 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.2 0.36 16 250 10653 -48.5 -51.7 69 3.3 -48.6 221 61 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.13 17 200 12079 -57.3 -63.6 45 6.2 -57.5 256 80 341.9 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.04 18 150 13901 -56.6 -80.9 3 24.3 -56.9 242 50 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16427 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.1 250 35 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.99 m Freezing level: 644.83 mb = 3707.48 m = 12163.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.21 mb = 3479.40 m = 11415.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.78 % Est. max temperature: 26.16 C = 79.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.42 mb = 370.42 m = 1215.27 ft T: 17.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 12.19 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.54 mb = 1413.08 m = 4636.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.26 C = 77.46 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 23.56 C K Index: 35.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 212.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.85 mb = 925.10 m = 3035.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.85 mb = 2180.04 m = 7152.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 397.85 mb = 7414.03 m = 24323.95 ft B at Equ Level: 212.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.85 mb = 10971.33 m = 35994.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.0 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 252.0 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.5 neg: -26.4 tot: 54.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 29.00 Bulk Shear: 7.33 m/s